Zahab v R [2021] NSWCCA 7

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Zahab v R [2021] NSWCCA 7 Hearing dates: 22 July 2020 Decision date: 05 February 2021 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Garling J at [55]; Wright J at [62]; Decision: (1) Grant the applicant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – onerous conditions of custody – limited evidence as to conditions – High Risk Management Correctional Centre (HRMCC) – whether sentencing judge failed to take conditions of custody into account on sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Alameddine v R [2020] NSWCCA 232 C v R [2013] NSWCCA 81; 229 A Crim R 233 Khalid v R (2020) 102 NSWLR 160; [2020] NSWCCA 73 Lodhi v R [2007] NSWCCA 360; 179 A Crim R 470 R v Alameddine (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 681 R v Atai (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1797 R v Atik [2007] VSC 299 R v Durocher-Yvon (2003) 58 NSWLR 581; [2003] NSWCCA 299 R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v HG [2018] NSWSC 1849 R v Khalid [2017] NSWSC 1365 R v Khan (No 11) [2019] NSWSC 594 R v Scott [2003] NSWCCA 28 R v Totten [2003] NSWCCA 207 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Haisem Zahab (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Smith SC with R El-Choufani (Applicant) P R McGuire SC with M Kalyk (Respondent)